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MCIMX53-START-R no longer features an accelerometer due to vendors EOL and no direct replacement. The BSP is not affected.

The i.MX 53 Quick Start Board is a $299 open source development platform integrated with an Arm® Cortex®-A8 1 GHz processor and the NXP® MC34708 PMIC.

Quick Start Board includes a display controller, hardware-accelerated graphics, 1080p video decode and 720p encode as well as numerous connectivity options ideally suited for applications such as human machine interface in embedded consumer, industrial and medical markets.

Product Details

Supported Devices

Power Management

PMICs

  • MC34708: Power Management for i.MX50/53 Processors

Audio

Audio Converters

Features

Processor subsystem

  • i.MX53 1 GHz Arm Cortex-A8 Processor
  • MC34708 PMIC
  • 1 GB DDR3 memory

Display

  • LVDS connector
    • 10.1" 1024x768 (XGA) with capacitive touch (MCIMX-LVDS1)
  • VGA connector
  • Parallel LCD add-on card via expansion connector
    • 4.3" 800x480 (WVGA) with 4-wire resistive touch (MCIMX28LCD)
  • HDMI add-on card via expansion connector
    • 24-bit HDMI output port also contains S/PDIF audio

Audio

  • S/PDIF output via HDMI add-on card
  • NXP® SGTL5000 audio codec
  • Microphone jack
  • Headphone jack

Analog Sensors

  • NXP 3-axis Accelerometer MMA8450QT

Expansion Connector

  • Enables parallel LCD or HDMI output
  • Camera CSI port signals
  • I²C, SSI, SPI signals

Connectivity

  • Full-size SD/MMC card slot
  • Micro SD card slot
  • 7-pin SATA data connector
  • 10/100BT Ethernet port
  • 2x high-speed USB Host port
  • 1x Micro USB Device port

Debug

  • JTAG connector
  • DB-9 UART port

Miscellaneous

  • Power Supply 5 V, 2 A
    • Included in the kit along with worldwide adapters
  • 3" x 3" 8-layer PCB

OS Support

  • Linux
    • NXP
      • 4 GB microSD card with image included in the kit
    • iWave
  • Android™
    • Adeneo
    • iWave
  • Windows Embedded Compact 7
    • Adeneo
    • iWave

Tool Support

  • Debug/IDE tool chains from SEGGER MCU, Macgraigor, IAR Systems, Arm, Lauterbach
  • VMware player to bring up the Linux® image on a Windows® PC

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Buy Options

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  • MCIMX-LVDS1
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  • Accessory Board, Hardware, i.MX 6Quad/6Dual/6DualLite/6Solo, i.MX53, 10.1 XGA LVDS Display.

  • $573.85 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending Stock
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  • MCIMX53-START-R
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  • Quick Start Board, Hardware, i.MX53, No Display with MC34708.

  • $343.85 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
    • Availability: Pending Stock
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  • Accessory Board, Hardware, i.MX 6SoloLite, i.MX53, i.MX50, 24-bit HDMI Interface Card.

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